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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am going to post a poem about Khashoggi. I wrote it today.
Veneerwe say were
civilized
we know the fork to use,
where the salad sits
and the dessert
and the main dish
we say were polite the way we were raised
hello and goodbye it was nice to see you take care
of yourself please
we say were well educated at least high school, probably college
well maybe trade school or the armed services works too doesnt it
We vote, we talk, we work, we .........live.
Skin is veneer.
It shields us, shows others who we pretend to be, hides our faults and sins
if you could strip it off what you would see
just how civilized we pretend to be
when we
kill
injure
maim
or
torture
One finger at a time
then the arms
then the legs
then his
head
he was alive through all that, screaming his pain his horror his
grief at this betrayal
it did not end till they severed his
head
our skin is
just a veneer
for our evil deeds
thoughts
actions
they wore headphones for music.....
Hekate
(90,827 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)dmoyer
(114 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)things that are done by him as our President. I'm sure the UN and human rights leaders here and around the world will act to bring the Saudi Prince and those involved in this heinous act to their just rewards.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)MLAA
(17,329 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)dobleremolque
(492 posts)I can count less than a dozen instances when I finished reading something followed by a moment of stunned, silent, reflective, almost sacred and absorbed contemplation.
And I'm 70+ years old.
This was one of them.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)You honor my work and me. I am deeply touched.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Folks should read this!
A second *Bravo!* for our wonderful and brilliant CalPeg.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)Brava!!!
I'm glad you live in the USA, not the KSA.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)I'm glad to be living here too.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Am sending out a link to your poem, Peggy.
We see beneath the veneer and feel a deep sorrow and anguish about others
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,712 posts)We do feel it, all of it.......and wish it were not so.